

<head> Tipster Topic Description

<num> Number: 045

<dom> Domain: Science and Technology

<title> Topic: What Makes CASE succeed or fail


<desc> Description: 

Document must identify the ingredients for making CASE work, and identify 
companies with experience using CASE.


<narr> Narrative: 

To be relevant, a document must identify both the ingredients to the 
successful implementation of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) and 
the companies that have had either success or failure in their attempts to 
use CASE tools and adopt CASE methodologies.

<con> Concept(s):


1. Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE), rapid prototyping,
information engineering

2. success, improvement, productivity increase

3. fail, training, complexity, inflexible


<fac> Factor(s):


<def> Definition(s):

Computer Aided Software Engineering - Software that is used in any and
all phases of developing an information system, including analysis,
design and programming.